Evolution details revealed through 21-year E. coli experiment

I believe this is the paper, for those who can get it:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu...

And I believe this is a general outline of the experiment as a whole:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_long-term_evolution_exp...

Richard Dawkins has a extensive description of this experiment in his new book The Greatest Show on Earth (Chapter Five, Before Our Very Eyes). It’s a quite elegant and beautiful experiment.

I second reading the Dawkins version. The surprise mutation to digest citrate by one specific lineage was one most interesting parts.

Dialog between creationists at Conservapedia and professor Lenski:

http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

Classic.